> I oppose this experiment. I already donate to my employer a > significant amount of travel time on weekends without wanting > to add to it. Flight schedules are tightening, thanks to the > cost of fuel, which means that having sessions on Friday at > all poses a problem now, if I want to get back by Saturday. > Having afternoon sessions would put a nail in that coffin. One wonders why the IETF is so reluctant to make more use of an interesting service called the Internet. I hear that it offers cheap conference calls, and cheap video conferencing capabilities. One would think that in this age of rising fuel/transportation costs, the IETF would be looking to make heavier use of telecommunications to reduce the amount of face-time required. > In addition, I'd argue that we need to update our rules to > allow for less notice so that more use of teleconferencing > can take place. I recognize that this solution is not a > panacea, especially for the poor shmo who has to be up at > 4:00am to participate. That poor schmo should be happy that he has saved himself the aggravation of a week of jet lag. Also, video or voice conferences can be recorded so that people who have real problems with time differences, can still follow the work, and join in at other venues such as mailing lists, or the next conference call which is scheduled at a different time. --Michael Dillon _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf